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1You are the Almighty Overlord of all; You bless us with Your Glance of Grace. ||17||

2Shalok, Fifth Mehla:

3Take away my sexual desire, anger, pride, greed, emotional attachment and evil desires.

4Protect me, O my God; Nanak is forever a sacrifice to You. ||1||

5Fifth Mehla:

6By eating and eating, the mouth is worn out; by wearing clothes, the limbs grow weary.

7O Nanak, cursed are the lives of those who are not attuned to the Love of the True Lord. ||2||

8Pauree:

9As is the Hukam of Your Command, so do things happen.

10Wherever You keep me, there I go and stand.

11With the Love of Your Name, I wash away my evil-mindedness.

12By continually meditating on You, O Formless Lord, my doubts and fears are dispelled.

13Those who are attuned to Your Love, shall not be trapped in reincarnation.

14Inwardly and outwardly, they behold the One Lord with their eyes.

15Those who recognize the Lord's Command never weep.

16O Nanak, they are blessed with the gift of the Name, woven into the fabric of their minds. ||18||

17Shalok, Fifth Mehla:

18Those who do not remember the Lord while they are alive, shall mix with the dust when they die.

19O Nanak, the foolish and filthy faithless cynic passes his life engrossed in the world. ||1||

20Fifth Mehla:

21One who remembers the Lord while he is alive, shall be imbued with the Lord's Love when he dies.

22The precious gift of his life is redeemed, O Nanak, in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy. ||2||

23Pauree:

24From the beginning, and through the ages, You have been our Protector and Preserver.

25True is Your Name, O Creator Lord, and True is Your Creation.

26You do not lack anything; You are filling each and every heart.

27You are merciful and all-powerful; You Yourself cause us to serve You.

28Those whose minds in which You dwell are forever at peace.

29Having created the creation, You Yourself cherish it.

30You Yourself are everything, O infinite, endless Lord.

31Nanak seeks the Protection and Support of the Perfect Guru. ||19||

32Shalok, Fifth Mehla:

33In the beginning, in the middle and in the end, the Transcendent Lord has saved me.

34The True Guru has blessed me with the Lord's Name, and I have tasted the Ambrosial Nectar.

35In the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, I chant the Glorious Praises of the Lord, night and day.

36I have obtained all my objectives, and I shall not wander in reincarnation again.

37Everything is in the Hands of the Creator; He does what is done.

38Nanak begs for the gift of the dust of the feet of the Holy, which shall deliver him. ||1||

39Fifth Mehla:

40Enshrine Him in your mind, the One who created you.

41Whoever meditates on the Lord and Master obtains peace.

42Fruitful is the birth, and approved is the coming of the Gurmukh.

43One who realizes the Hukam of the Lord's Command shall be blessed - so has the Lord and Master ordained.

44One who is blessed with the Lord's Mercy does not wander.

45Whatever the Lord and Master gives him, with that he is content.

46O Nanak, one who is blessed with the kindness of the Lord, our Friend, realizes the Hukam of His Command.

47But those whom the Lord Himself causes to wander, continue to die, and take reincarnation again. ||2||

48Pauree:

49The slanderers are destroyed in an instant; they are not spared for even a moment.

50God will not endure the sufferings of His slaves, but catching the slanderers, He binds them to the cycle of reincarnation.